08/15 (film)

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08/15 Teil 1: In der Kaserne
Title still
Directed by	Paul May
Written by	Paul May Hans Hellmut Kirst Claus Hardt Ernst von Salomon
Based on	08/15 by Hans Hellmut Kirst
Produced by	Ilse Kubaschewski
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Walter Boos Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production company	Divina-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Filmverleih AG
Release date	30 September 1954 (1954-09-30)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German
Box office	6 million DM[1]

08/15 is a 1954 West German film directed by Paul May. It is based on the novel 08/15 by Hans Hellmut Kirst, who also served as the film's screenwriter. The term 08/15 (nill-eight/fifteen, German: Null-Acht/Fünfzehn) refers to the German Army's standard machine gun, the 08/15 (or MG 08 model 15), by far the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I. Its tendency to jam led to its name becoming German Army slang for anything that went wrong. 08/15 is also the first part of the 08/15 film trilogy, hence it is also known as Teil 1: In der Kaserne (Part 1: In the Barracks).